Tank heater



Jan. 4, 1955 M. @5085 2,698,616

TANK HEATER Filed June 20, 1950 Milo Kudobe INVENTOR.

I. V 1 I I Ammo United States Patent O TANK HEATER Milo Kudobe, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Application June 20, 1950, Serial No. 169,230

2 Claims. (Cl. 126360) This invention relates to a heater of novel construction and design for water tanks especially employed in connection with the raising of livestock.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a heater which has superior heating capacity and which is absolutely dependable in all types of weather.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide in' a water tank; a heater comprising a burner box positioned in said tank, a Bunsen-type burner in said box, conduit means operatively connecting said burner to a gas source, temperature and gas controls operatively connected to said conduit means and disposed within said box, a panel supporting said controls, means removably securing said panel in said box spaced from one wall thereof, a first heat chamber in said tank having a pipe section extending into said box opposite said burner, a second heat chamber in said tank, hot air tubes interconnecting said first and second chambers, and a flue pipe carried by said second chamber extending upwardly therefrom and from said tank.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein the figure is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the heater and the tank, some parts being broken away and shown in elevation.

Specific reference will now be made to the drawings.

In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The present heater is generally indicated at and is secured within a tank or other container 12 conventionally employed for retaining water for livestock. The heater 10 is positioned within the tank adjacent one end wall 14 thereof and is disposed within the tank spaced from the bottom wall 16 thereof in a manner soon to appear.

The heater 10 comprises a burner box 18 which includes side walls 20 and 22, a bottom wall 24 and angle irons 26 secured adjacent the top edges of the side walls. Secured by appropriate bolts and nuts 28 to the angle irons 26 is a top or cover wall 30 which carries an angle iron 32 that is, in turn, secured by means of an appropriate bolt and nut 34 to the conventional angle iron 36 carried at the upper end of the side walls 14. The bottom wall 24 carries a substantially U-shaped foot 38 which rests upon the bottom wall 16 of the water tank and spaces the bottom wall 24 of the burner box 18 from the bottom wall 16 of the water tank and to allow free circulation of water in the tank about the burner box.

A gas-conveying pipe 40 extends through one side wall of the burner box and is operatively connected to a Bunsen-type burner 42 carrying a flame tube 44, the burner 42 and flame tube 44 being disposed transversely within the burner box 18 and adjacent the bottom wall 24 thereof as shown clearly in the figure. A valved gas control 46 is operatively connected to the gas-conveying pipe 40 and a temperature control unit 48 is operatively connected to the gas control 46. The temperature and gas controls are mounted upon a panel 50 which is movably secured in the burner box in the following manner. The upper end of the panel 50 includes vertically extending slots 52 which receivetransversely extending upwardly inclined rods 54 which are disposed within the burner box, one end of each rod including a head 56 which bears against the inner surface of the wall 20 of the burner box,

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the other end of each rod having a further head 58 which bears against the inner surface of the opposite wall 22 of the burner box. Each rod further includes a third head 60 which bears against the outer surface of the control panel 50 to retain the latter spaced from the opposite wall 22 of the burner box." A bolt 62 extends through the panel and the wall 22 adjacent the bottom thereof, the bolt including a spacer sleeve 64. It will also be seen that the bottom end of the control panel includes apertures 66 for the proper circulation of air through the burner box.

A weather hood 78 is hingedly mounted on the top 30 by a hinge 82 and is movable into and out of closing relation with an upstanding collar 70 about an air intake aperture 68.

Secured by brackets 83 to and spaced from the wall 20 of the burner box is a hollow heat chamber 84 which includes a short pipe section 86 that extends through and is secured in the wall 20, the pipe section being in alignment with the burner and flame tube 42 and 44. An arcuate baffle plate 88 is secured to the inner face of the wall 20 and partially embraces both the pipe section and burner to direct the flame toward the pipe section. The bottom end of the wall 20 and heat chamber 84 are provided with joined clean-out pipes 90 and a clean-out valve 92 to remove moisture accumulated in the burner box and heat chamber.

A second heat chamber 96 is communicated with the heat chamber 84 by upwardly inclined hot air pipes 94 and supported by legs 98. A vertically positioned flue pipe 104 is mounted on the chamber 96 and terminates in an exhaust weather hood 106.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the inventilon as herein described and the scope of the appended c aims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as cally extending slot adjacent the top thereof, an upwardly inclined rod extending through said slot, the ends of said rod engaging opposed sides of said burner box, a head intermediate the ends of said rod, said head engaging the surface of the panel opposite to the wall of said burner box to which said panel is secured, a burner mounted on said panel, a fuel supply conduit communicated with said burner and extending on said panel, .a control valve mounted on said panel and connected in operative relation to said conduit, a temperature responsive control device connected in operative relation to said valve.

2. In a water heater having a submersible burner box housing a burner, a burner support comprising a mounting panel, a burner holder mounted on said panel, means mounting the bottom of the panel in spaced relation from a Wall of the burner box, said panel having a vertically disposed slot adjacent the top thereof, an adjusting rod received in said slot, the ends of said rod bearing against opposite sides of the burner box, a head on said rod intermediate the ends thereof, said head engaging the face of said panel opposed to the wall of the burner box to which the panel is attached.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 391,503 Betz Oct. 23, 1888 608,291 Kemp Aug. 2, 1898 918,962 Cauchemont Apr. 20, 1909 1,015,665 Brand Jan. 23, 1912 (Other references on following page) UNITED STATES PATENTS Sherron Apr. 14, 1936 Ramer Sept. 7, 1937 Robbins Nov. 7, 1939 4 Hagenbuch Dec. 12, 1939 Keating June 24, 1941 Siebring May 16, 1944 Turpin Jan. 30, 1945 ODowd May 21, 1946 Briedert Oct. 7, 1947 Lilly et a1 Nov. 21, 1950 Dewey Mar. 6, 1951 Johnson Nov. 11, 1952 

